The 100 Guys Who Share - Yarmouth County have surpassed the $100,000 mark in giving back to the community. The milestone - a total of $109,000 - was reached during the July 19 meeting with their $12,100 donation to the NSCC Foundation - Urgent Aid Program at Burridge Campus.... More

The provincial government is allocating $1.45 million to increase opportunities for Nova Scotians who want to become early childhood educators. The province announced Tuesday it is working with the Nova Scotia Community College to create 135 new seats in the early childhood education program over the next three years.... More

Wayne Groszko helped develop solar microgrids that could be deployed to remote parts of the world. By capturing, storing and using clean energy, the microgrid could provide green power to communities without conventional power sources... More

Twelve students in the Pathways to Shipbuilding for Indigenous Students program graduated with their Diploma in Metal Fabrication on July 6 at NSCC and were immediately offered full-time employment with Halifax Shipyard, Canada’s National Shipbuilder... More

For the last three years Neothermal Energy Storage Inc. has been working with NSCC’s Applied Research team at the Ivany Campus in Dartmouth, after they won the Innovacorp Smart Energy Demo Challenge in 2015. They’ve developed an electric space heater that uses thermal storage to save customers money by using time of day electricity rates (story on page 16)... More

The federal government is partnering with NSCC to establish a business incubator serving southwestern Nova Scotia. Ignite Labs, which will be housed in Burridge Campus in Yarmouth, will provide low-cost office space, equipment and internet to reduce the financial burden normally faced by new companies... More

As they crossed the stage to collect their certificates and diplomas at this year’s NSCC Burridge convocation ceremony, you could feel and witness the support the students – now graduates – received from the college, the faculty, their families and the community... More

Four NSCC interns help complete app to help consumers find exactly where they can enjoy their favourite local brew. The Web Development students built Craft on T’app as a part of their five-week work term... More

After retiring from teaching and volunteering in schools while her kids were growing up, Ghada Shuli’s daughters pushed her to pursue one of her lifelong passions: cooking. Shuli has since completed her first year of study in NSCC's culinary program... More

Acclaimed fiddler Natalie MacMaster and well known First Nations elder Albert Marshall will receive honorary NSCC diplomas. The awards will come as 4,500 graduates in 13 campuses across the province celebrate 21 convocation ceremonies in the coming days... More

Project Mend, a partnership between NSCC and young mothers at the YWCA's Supportive Housing for Young Mothers, has earned national recognition for a group of NSCC students and young, single mothers in Dartmouth... More